• Air date: 06 May '06 6 episodes
      How Do They Do It? is a television series produced by Wag TV for Discovery Channel. Each programme explores how 2 or 3 ordinary objects are made and used. The show's slogan is "Behind the ordinary is the extraordinary." The series is broadcast throughout the world on various Discovery-owned networks including: ⁕Discovery Channel, Science Channel, DMAX and Quest in the United Kingdom; ⁕Science Channel in the United States; ⁕Discovery Channel in Asia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands; ⁕Discovery Channel and Discovery Science in Italy. Series 1 and 2, which were co-produced with Rocket Surgery Productions, were narrated by Rupert Degas; series 3 and 4 were narrated by Iain Lee; and series 5 and 6 were narrated by Dominic Frisby. In 2008, the UK's Channel 5 begin airing the series, presented by Robert Llewellyn. This version was released on DVD in the UK in May 2010. In the United States, the series airs on the Science Channel and is narrated by...
  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 1. Recycling, Plasma TV, Fireworks, Railroad Tracks, Ink

      06 May '06
      This episode begins with explaining how recycling works using as an example airplanes. Then goes on to Plasma TV’s by explaining the theory and showing us the Hitachi factory. After that it’s the fireworks turn. From China to New York, from production to consumption you can see how they do it! Big hot and noisy, it is time to make railway tracks. Melt, shape, cool, check, you are done! Finally, microseconds, micrometers, welcome to the world of inkjet cartridges and its ink, by taking a tour in
    • 2. Salt mines, Trainers, Ships, Watches, Wind Farms

      13 May '06
    • 3. Tires, Excavators, Newspapers, Ports, Contact Lenses

      27 May '06
    • 4. Internet Cable, Cranes, Pencils, Water, Toothpaste

      03 Jun '06
    • 5. Glass, Golf Balls, Zippers, Coke Cans, Tire Changes

      10 Jun '06
    • 6. Concrete, Cell Phones, Lightbulbs, Steel, Traffic

      17 Jun '06